Lesson 7: I Do My Part
Handout 2

Sample Questionnaire of Our Senior Friends

Directions: Work with your senior partner to fill out the questionnaire. Please remind your senior friend that he or she does not have to answer any question which would make him or her feel uncomfortable.

  1. What do you want us to call you?

  2. Do/Did you have a nickname or childhood nickname?

  3. Where were you born and where did you grow up?

  4. When were you born?

  5. What are some things you remember about your childhood?

  6. What technology do you remember being invented? What is your favorite technology now? What is your least favorite technology?

  7. Did you live through the Great Depression? If so, what was life like for your family?

  8. What was it like to live during the Vietnam War era/ Sixties?

  9. Which actor/actress did you most admire?

  10. Who was your favorite president and why?

  11. What was your favorite time period to live through?

  12. What was your favorite movie, cartoon, and candy?

  13. Where did you work, what did you do, and what was lowest minimum wage you remember?

  14. Did you ever play a sport or an instrument?

  15. Where were some of your favorite places to travel, how did you get there, and what did you do there?

  16. What were some big moments in history that occurred during your life?

  17. Did you ever help in a war? If so, which war and what did you do?

  18. What was school like when you were a student? What were some of the punishments, things you studied, and the name of the school?

  19. What was your first car? What were other means of transportation you used?

  20. What were race relations like during your childhood? Did it ever affect you?

  21. What were your parents like?

  22. Do you have a famous relative or one that invented anything?

  23. Who was your mentor or hero?